TOP-10 FINISH: Vancouver’s Stuart Macdonald, who recently became a dad for the second time, finished 10th at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Wichita Open. Macdonald’s 11-under total left him six shots behind winner and fellow Canadian Myles Creighton of Digby, N.S. Creighton shot an 11-under 59 in the third round. Macdonald moved up four spots to sit 34th on the Korn Ferry Tour points list. His wife Carly delivered a baby girl, Kennedy, earlier this month. Merritt’s Roger Sloan tied for 51st in Wichita and now sits 130th on the points list. Players must finish inside the top 75 to retain status for next year.
COURSE RECORD: Nathan Leonhardt of the Tour Development Academy fired a 12-under 61 to set the course record at Quilchena Golf & Country Club in Richmond during a G&G Tour event. Leonhardt’s round consisted of 11 birdies, an eagle and one bogey. “It was truly an incredible day,” Leonhardt told the PGA of BC. “Golf has brought me a lot of highs and lows through my life, but this was a special moment that I will never forget. Growing up in Richmond makes it even more meaningful.” Leonhardt worked last year as the golf consultant on the Owen Wilson golf comedy series called Stick that was shot in the Vancouver area and is now on Apple TV.
OMAN BOUND: University Golf Club head pro Josh Legge is leaving the Vancouver course to lead golf operations at the La Vie Club in Muscat, Oman.
“La Vie is quickly positioning itself as one of the premier golf destinations in the Middle East and I feel very fortunate to be a part of its continued growth,” Legge posted on social media. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity and challenges that lie ahead in Oman.”
CZECH IT OUT: Vancouver’s Anna Huang tied for 17th at the Czech Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour. Huang completed the event at 11-under par, six shots behind winner Casandra Alexander of South Africa. Huang earned 4,016 Euros and now stands 49th on the LET Order of Merit with 20,002 Euros. Huang is in the field for this week’s Amundi German Masters in Hamburg.
CHIP SHOTS: Dustin Franko of Delta fired rounds of 68 at Kings Links and 67 at Capilano to win the Vancouver City (Zone 4) Amateur. Franko’s seven-under total was three shots better than Riley Edwards of Richmond Country Club. Point Grey’s Nasheel Kassam was third at two-under par... Vancouver’s Leah John tied for 46th at the Epson Tour’s Island Resort Championship in Harris, Mich. . .Jake Lane of Meadow Gardens fired a five-under 67 to win the Vancouver Golf Tour’s Riverway Open in Burnaby by two shots over James Allenby of Langley Golf Centre and Dustin Franko of Morgan Creek.
LPGA EXEMPTION: Vancouver’s Kaylee Chung received more than a nice trophy when she won last week’s Les Schwab Amateur Open at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland. The win, which came after a two-hole playoff, earned Chung an exemption into the LPGA Tour’s Standard Portland Classic in mid-August. Chung won the playoff over Alison Takamiya and Kiera Romero after all three players recorded five-under 67s. Chung has committed to play her collegiate golf at San Diego State University beginning in the fall of 2026.
TEAM CANADA: Christina Lake’s Austin Krahn, the reigning B.C. Junior Boys champion, got some international experience playing for Canada at the Toyota Junior World Cup. The Canadian team of Krahn, Jager Pain of Woodbridge, Ont., and Charlie Gillespie of Calgary finished in a three-way tie for seventh spot in the 12-team competition. Krahn tied for 28th in the individual competition. The Canadian girls team of Shauna Liu of Maple, Ont., Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Eileen Park of Red Deer, Alta., finished fourth.
JACKSON HONOURED: Longtime rules official Dale Jackson of Victoria received his Distinguished Service Award from British Columbia Golf at a dinner held last week during the B.C. Women’s Amateur Championship at Victoria Golf Club. The dinner came 20 years after Jackson, a longtime Royal Colwood member and former Golf Canada vice president, worked his first event for British Columbia Golf at the 2005 B.C. Women’s Amateur Championship.
THREE’S COMPANY: Doug Morgan of Richmond Country Club won his third PGA of BC Seniors Championship and Jaya Rampuri of Riverway Golf Course is the new PGA of BC Women’s champion. Both 36-hole competitions were played at Cordova Bay Golf Course in Victoria. Morgan fired rounds of 69 and 70 and his three-under total was two shots better than runner-up Bryn Parry of Seymour Creek Golf Centre in North Vancouver. Rampuri shot rounds of 72 and 70 to finish at even-par, three shots ahead of Christine Wong of Savage Creek Golf Course.
TOP 10: Kelowna’s Megan Osland followed up her win the previous week with a tie for eighth finish at the OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois Championship on the Annika Women’s All Pro Tour. Osland, who earned $2,617, remains third on the tour’s points list this season. On the Epson Tour, Delta’s Mary Parsons tied for 22nd at the Otter Creek Championship in Columbus, Ind., and made $2,620. Parsons had seven straight birdies in her second-round 66. Vancouver’s Leah John tied for 64th and made $802. On the LET Tour, Vancouver’s Anna Huang tied for 12th at the Amundi German Masters in Hamburg and earned 5,362 Euros.
CHIP SHOTS: This fall’s Canada West golf championships will be played Oct. 21-22 at Olympic View Golf Course in Victoria. . .Longtime Uplands Golf Club member Trevor Brown served as a rules official at last week’s U.S. Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo. . .Vancouver’s Troy Gadalla has committed to play collegiate golf at the University of Hawaii at Mãnoa beginning in the fall of 2026. . .Scott Kerr has resigned as assistant coach with the Simon Fraser University golf teams to play professionally in Scotland. . .Tacoma’s R.J. Manke beat Jeevan Sihota of Victoria in a playoff to win the Vancouver Golf Tour’s Me-N-Ed’s Pizza Open at Golden Eagle’s North Course in Pitt Meadows.